On October 25th, Friday afternoon, members of the Angyalföldi Vadrózsa folk dance group visited our Museum. They came to Cleveland as part of a multi-city tour, and performed at John Carroll University on Saturday evening, October 26th, as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the Bocskai Radio program.They were beyond outstanding, mesmerizing everyone with their energy, […]
Friday evening, October 11, was a wonderful evening for those who attended the Vintner Dinner. The Vintner Dinner is the primary fundraising event for our Museum, and it has become the primary opportunity to taste fine Hungarian wines that are not available in the wine stores around the Cleveland area. Our Honoree this year was […]
Monday evening , October 14th, was a special occasion because a group of students from the Cleveland Hungarian School and their teachers came to visit the Museum. This field trip was organized by the School’s principal, Endre Szentliralyi. Some of the students spent time hunting for answers to questions as they explored the exhibits. Others […]
On July 17th, members of our Board, our curator and our librarian, along with some gracious volunteers, welcomed some special guests to our Museum. As Eva Szabo reported to our Board, “we had the good fortune to see 18 middle school members, some counselors and two adult teachers from the Western Reserve Academy in Hudson. […]
Save the date! Friday evening, June 28th, at the Lake County Captains Classic Auto Group Park in Eastlake, Ohio. We are proud to co-sponsor this event with the Hungarian Cultural Center of Northeast Ohio and the William Penn Association, Check out the QR code or the website on the flyer, and we will see you […]
Saturday, May 11th was a special day at the Museum. In our “kávéház” environment, this Hungarian language program was well attended, and our guests were treated to a masterful presentation by Zoltán Csadi. Expertly researched, beautifully illustrated with videos and photographs of late 19th century and early 20th century Budapest and the theater life of the […]
Join us on Saturday, May 11th at 2 p.m. for the last program in our Spring, 2024 lecture series! This program will be in Hungarian, and will be held at the Museum, located in the Galleria in Downtown Cleveland, Lower Level. The title of the Program: Theater life in Budapest from the turn of the […]
On Saturday afternoon, March 9th, Dr. John Gyékényesi gave a wonderful talk on how soccer developed locally in Cleveland starting in the 1950s. He described how soccer in Ohio became a force in the American soccer arena, and how the game was such a big part of Hungarian recreational life for both youth and adults […]
The Museum has a wonderful exhibit on display where one can browse among historical material, including newspaper articles, pictures, postcards, medals and other 1848 memorabilia. A truly one-of-kind collection, this exhibit offers the visitor a closer look at the men who had a role in the Revolution as well as contemporary items that bring the […]
How do you say good-bye to someone who breathed life into a dream, and that dream became the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum? How do we say “Isten Veled Ottó”, when what we really want to say is “wish you were still here”? Our beloved founder, Otto Friedrich, passed away this year on February 13th, on […]
